If you’ve been paying any attention, you’ve probably realized that Bellator champion Patricio Freire has some power in his hands.

It has been a while, though, since the featherweight titleholder has won a fight via knockout. So, ahead of Freire’s upcoming Bellator 209 title defense, we bring you a reminder of just how dangerous “Pitbull” can be – and in glorious slo-mo, no less (via YouTube, above).

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The Bellator 138 meeting with Daniel Weichel took place in June 2015, and it marked Freire’s sixth knockout win in Bellator. What made this win more impressive was that, before landing the thunderous left hook that dropped Weichel early in the second, Freire was coming off a pretty rough first round.

Freire would go on to lose his belt after that, in a trilogy match with Daniel Straus, but reclaimed the title from Straus in April 2017. His first defense after that was, incidentally, against Weichel – whom “Pitbull” bested via split decision at Bellator 203.

After a pair of rematches, Freire (27-4 MMA, 15-4 BMMA) is now set to face a fresh opponent in Emmanuel Sanchez (17-3 MMA, 9-2 BMMA). The title bout is set to headline Bellator 209 on Nov. 15 at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.

The main card fights air on Paramount and stream on DAZN via tape delay following prelims on MMAjunkie.

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